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Meg Munn

Labour MP for Sheffield, Heeley

    • Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election
    • Majority: 11,370 votes. — 87th out of 643 MPs.

    Voting record (from PublicWhip)

    How Meg Munn voted on key issues since 2001:

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    More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record

    Committees and topics of interest

    Asks most questions about

    • Departments: Health, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, International Development, Home Department, Education and Skills

    • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): NHS Litigation Authority, St. Helena: Airports, Body Piercing, Pakistan, Disability Living Allowance

    (based on written questions asked by Meg Munn and answered by departments)

    Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

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    Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Disability Living Allowance (2 Feb 2010)

    “To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether her Department has carried out a disability equality impact assessment on the working age disability living allowance checklist.”

    Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Disability Living Allowance (2 Feb 2010)

    “To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what research her Department has undertaken on the effect on the submission of verbal claims of the introduction of the working age disability living allowance checklist.”

    Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Jobcentre Plus (1 Feb 2010) has video

    “The use of the telephone is very convenient for many people, but for some types of claimants it can be difficult. What training is given to staff working on the telephones to help people who have disabilities, such as people on the autistic spectrum, who may find it more difficult to put across their needs and their difficulties?”

    More of Meg Munn's recent appearances

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    • Has spoken in 24 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
    • Has received answers to 10 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
    • Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
    • Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
    • Has voted in 82% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
    • People have made 16 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above average amongst MPs.
    • This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
    • 46 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Meg Munn speaks.
    • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 310 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

    Register of Members’ Interests

    5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
    Gym membership and personal training sessions provided by Women's Sport and Fitness Foundation from March-July 2008. (Registered 7 October 2008)
    6. Overseas visits
    26-30 March 2009, to Chile for the Progressive Governance conference. Travel and accommodation paid by Policy Network. (Registered 29 April 2009)
    Address of donor: BM LFI, London, WC1N 3XX
    Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £1,528
    Destination of visit: Israel and Palestine
    Date of visit: 13-18 September 2009
    Purpose of visit: We met with Israeli and Palestinian politicians, community representatives, and visited health and social welfare programmes.
    (Registered 23 September2009)
    Name of donor: University of Otago, Department of Theology and Religion
    Address of donor: University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
    Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £2675
    Destination of visit: Dunedin and Wellington, New Zealand
    Date of visit: 7-11 December 2009
    Purpose of visit: Keynote speaker at a conference on public policy and guest speaker at a public event. I also visited the New Zealand Parliament and met MPs of various political parties.
    (Registered 23 December 2009)

    Register last updated: 6 Jan 2010. More about the Register

    View the history of this MP's entries in the Register

    Expenses

    Figures in brackets are ranks. Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.

    Type2008/09 (ranking out of 647)2007/08 (ranking out of 645)2006/07 (ranking out of 645)2005/062004/05 (ranking out of 659)2003/04 (ranking out of 658)2002/03 (ranking out of 657)2001/02 (ranking out of 657)
    Staying away from main home£22,650 (161st) £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) £21,509 £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) £20,321 (joint 184th with 2 others) £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) £18,009 (joint 2nd with 55 others)
    London costs£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
    Office running costs£14,861 (433rd) £14,631 (470th) £19,878 (377th) £18,578 £16,253 (437th) £17,651 (493rd) £18,188 (joint 281st with 1 other) £18,167 (joint 230th with 1 other)
    Staffing costs£80,933 (560th) £81,047 (516th) £83,544 (353rd) £72,094 £69,449 (398th) £67,850 (333rd) £65,596 (joint 179th with 51 others) £41,906 (472nd)
    Communications Allowance£4,211 (496th) £6,311 (401st) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
    Members' Travel£7,050 (331st)3 £8,685 (267th)2 £9,883 (222nd)1 £8,201 £12,301 (260th) £12,818 (218th) £12,073 (244th) £6,849 (373rd)
    Members' Staff Travel£548 (143rd) £494 (joint 211th with 1 other) £1,034 (joint 120th with 1 other) £1,850 £2,591 (34th) £1,222 (127th) £1,712 (71st) £667 (201st)
    Members' Spouse Travel£1,078 (110th) £2,052 (60th) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
    Members' Family Travel£0 £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
    Centrally Purchased Stationery£6,995 (joint 14th with 2 others) £1,308 (128th) £3,326 (41st) £1,985 £2,022 (105th) £1,921 (78th) £512 (563rd) £4,655 (3rd)
    Stationery: Associated Postage Costs£5,565 (15th) £14,882 (14th) £12,825 £11,598 (31st) £10,822 (19th) N/A N/A
    Centrally Provided Computer Equipment  £1,180 (joint 358th with 4 others) £973 (joint 454th with 10 others) £973 £1,968 (joint 134th with 11 others) £1,968 (joint 127th with 11 others) £1,968 (joint 126th with 11 others) £1,968 (joint 121st with 10 others)
    Other Costs£0 £0 £832 (joint 64th with 2 others) £158 £0 £0 £0 £0
    Total£138,327 (476th) £144,356 (361st) £156,462 (42nd) £138,173 £137,084 (88th) £134,573 (70th) £119,771 (176th) £92,221 (229th)

    2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,309 (364th). Rail £6,285 (143rd). Misc £91 (169th).

    3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,738 (399th). Rail £5,312 (170th).

    1 Car £2,580 (356th). Rail £6,462 (115th). European £841 (51st).